Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- en:games:star_trek_-_armada_2 [2022-09-11-17-49] – [Network] 7saturn
+++ en:games:star_trek_-_armada_2 [2025-02-08-23-16] (current) – [Network] 7saturn
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Star Trek: Armada II ======
-===== Downloads =====
-  * [[http://armadafiles.com/files/armada-2/mods/patches/star-trek-armada-ii-patch-project-exe-125/details|Star Trek - Armada 2 - Patch Project 1.2.5]]
-  * [[http://www.fleetops.net/download|Star Trek: Armada II: Fleet Operations (Mod)]]
-  * [[https://archive.org/details/Star_Trek_Armada_II/mode/2up|Game Manual]]
-  * [[https://archive.org/details/StarTrekArmadaIIDEMO|Armada 2 Demo]]
 ===== Info =====
 <block classes right info>
@@ Line 17: / Line 12: @@
   * Hotseat: no
 </block>
-The game was developed by [[..:Development Studios:Mad Doc Software]], released by [[..:publishers:Activision]] on 16.11.2001 and re-released on GOG on 13th of December 2021.
+The game was developed by [[..:Development Studios:Mad Doc Software]], released by [[..:publishers:Activision]] on 16.11.2001 and re-released on GOG on 13th of December 2021. It is based on a slightly further developed engine version of [[Star Trek - Armada 1|Star Trek: Armada]].
 ===== Purchasing =====
 After a [[en:games:star_trek_games#sales|law suit]] Star Trek games from Activision were no longer distributed for quite some time. In the meantime [[https://www.gog.com/game/star_trek_armada_ii|GOG re-released it]], so the game is once again legally obtainable from a retailer.
@@ Line 47: / Line 41: @@
 Although the game let's you set higher resolutions than 1280x960, the only available higher resolution 1600x1200 is known to additionally squeeze the image vertically (by adding black bars on top and bottom), so that it looks even more stretched than 4:3 resolutions on 16:9 screens normally do. So actually the highest usable resolution (at least under Windows 10 2004) is 1280x960. This limitation does not apply for [[#Mod Fleet Operations|Fleet Ops]].
 === Problems Under Windows 2000 and XP ===
-Under XP the game has similar problems with stuttering sound as its predecessor. Especially the music is garbled.
+Under XP the game has similar problems with stuttering sound as its predecessor, [[Star Trek - Armada 1|Star Trek: Armada]]. Especially the music is garbled.
 ==== GOG Version ====
 It is known to happen, that when having running Ace Attorney in the background, mouse scroll behaves strangely (going a different direction than to expected).
@@ Line 74: / Line 68: @@
 ===== Mod Fleet Operations =====
 ==== Requirements ====
-This mod requires the original binary, either from CD or pre-installed. The game is installed as a standalone, so it doesn't change an existing Armada 2 installation. As mentioned above, the original CD is needed to play the game again, because the cracked binary crashes the mod. If you use the GOG version of the game, you can get rid of that requirement by copying the //Armada2.exe// from the game's main folder into the //Data// folder of your newly created FO installation.
+This mod requires the original binary, either from CD or pre-installed. The game is installed as a standalone, so it doesn't change an existing Armada 2 installation. As mentioned above, the original CD is needed to play the game again, because the cracked binary crashes the mod. If you use the GOG version of the game, you can get rid of that requirement by copying the //Armada2.exe// from the original game's main folder into the //Data// folder of your newly created FO installation.
 ==== Game Play ====
 The concept of Fleet Ops is very similar to Armada 2. The warp has been removed, but there are metal and dilithium moons. Only the Borg have a different gameplay than the other races and the original. Instead of the Tachyon ability, which uncovers cloaked ships immediately, there is now a kind of ping, which shows the positions on the whole map. The sensor stations capable of discovering cloaked ships do this in regular intervals instead of continuously. But the most obvious difference is in the available units, sounds and graphics that are used. Compared to the original Fleet Ops is much less playful. But very lovingly designed. Especially the new race Dominion is an enrichment. But the Cardassians and species 8472 have been removed.
@@ Line 89: / Line 83: @@
 Fleet Ops can be played via [[..:network_terms:VPN]] but also with direct IP. The ports required for NAT forwarding are (TCP & UDP respectively): 2302 - 2400, 3040, 3056, 3057, 6073, 6500, 6667, 13139, 16499, 29701.
 ===== Network =====
-The game is playable via direct IP connection and via lobby search on the local network. In order to be reachable over the internet, you must forward Port 2302 (UDP). The game does not allow for another port to be used, not for the server nor for the client. The internet play via [[..:gaming_platforms:Gamespy]] is no longer available.
+The game is playable via direct IP connection and via lobby search on the local network. In order to be reachable over the internet, you must forward Port 2302 (UDP) and 6073 (TCP). The game does not allow for another port to be used, not for the server nor for the client. The internet play via [[..:gaming_platforms:Gamespy]] is no longer available, so unblocking/forwarding the ports 80 (TCP), 6667 (TCP), 6500 (UDP), 13139 (UDP), 27900 (UDP), 28900 (TCP), 29000 (TCP) and 29901 (TCP), as stated by the game itself, no longer served a purpose.
+However, with the [[..:gaming_platforms:OpenSpy]] project, things have changed a bit. For this it is sufficient to forward the following ports:
+  * 2300-2400 (UDP),
+  * 6073 (UDP),
+  * 6500 (UDP) and
+  * 13139 (UDP).
 ===== Videos =====
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Wy8P4CvoM|Assembler warp bug]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9ARAp1B-c|Assembler tele-construction]]
 ===== Weblinks =====
   * [[https://discord.gg/cMEAPCv|Star Trek Armada Discord]]
@@ Line 98: / Line 100: @@
   * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20020610192407/http://www.strategyplanet.com/starmada/technicalhelp.shtml|Former Strategyplanet page]]
   * [[http://armadafiles.com/]], website a lot of files surrounding [[Star Trek - Armada 1|Armada 1]] and 2.
+  * [[http://www.calrissian.com/star_trek_armada.htm|Star Trek Armada @ Calrissian.com]], a real retro page concerning Armada 1 & 2.
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLliojSB5yY|Trailer from July 2001]]
+===== Downloads =====
+  * [[http://armadafiles.com/files/armada-2/mods/patches/star-trek-armada-ii-patch-project-exe-125/details|Star Trek - Armada 2 - Patch Project 1.2.5]]
+  * [[http://www.fleetops.net/download|Star Trek: Armada II: Fleet Operations (Mod)]]
+  * [[https://archive.org/details/Star_Trek_Armada_II/mode/2up|Game Manual]]
+  * [[https://archive.org/details/StarTrekArmadaIIDEMO|Armada 2 Demo]]
 ===== See also =====
   * [[Star Trek Games]],